Wardrobe-bedstead



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB RUEBSAM EN, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS."

.WARDROBE-BEDST'EAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,226, dated March 20, 1883.

' Application filed June 26, 1882. (No model.)

new and useful Improvements'in Wardrobe Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bedsteads which are capable of being turned up in a case or wardrobe and closed therein, so as to give the ap-- pearance of a simple wardrobe whenv so incased, while when needed the bedstead may be set out, so as to form a comfortable bed; and the invention consists in certain im provemen ts in the construction of certain parts thereof, which will be understood, as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings'accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wardrobe containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, with sides removed to show the inclosed bedstead. Fig. 4 represents the shaft that supportsthe bedstead in the wardrobe andthe springs that assist in raising the same. Fig. 5 shows the bedstead in position in the wardrobe with doorsopen. This figure was made withspecial reference to the braces that give lateral support to the legs. Fig. 6 is a side view of the bed in position to be occupied. Fig. 7 is a plate that, attached to the sides of the wardrobe,forms supports for the shaft that carries the bedstead. Fig. Sis the same plate shown in Fig. 7, with the shaft, pawl, and ratchet in position. Fig. 9 is the top of the wardrobein sectiomshowing the swinging ventilator, which I prefer to locate toward the back of the wardrobe.

a. is the side of the bed-frame, that, resting on shaftfand operated orsupported by springs 19, oscillates from a vertical to a horizontal position, when desired, by hoisting or lowering it by hand.

b are legs that, braced laterally by rods 25 't, support the head of the bed when the same is ready for occupation, and fold against the bedrails a when not in use. These braces t are of just the proper length to lie snugly against the bottom of the bed when the legs are folded down, or support the legs when they are set up to snpport the bed. They need never be disengaged from their connection with the legs, nor from the center point, where they are attached'to the base of the bed. They must, however, have liberty to move at both these points, so as to accommodate themselves to either position.

a is a pillow-rest or head-board that forms an extension to the bed when the same is in use, and, as shown in Fig. 2, also supports the pillows when the bed is in a vertical position in the wardrobe. Thearms of the pillow-rest are pivoted to the sides of the bed-frame, so that they may be swung, like the legs, and when they are brought back in position for supporting the pillow when the bed is occupied they rest upon stops 71., secured to the head of the bed in such a way as to present an inclined upper surface when the bed is placed horizoutally,so that the arms of the pillow-rest will take an inclined position and support the pillow cat a suitably-elevated position to give ease and comfort to the occupant.

d is the bed or mattress, which may rest on springs, if desired, and e is the pillow to be used thereon.

f is the shaft that supports the bedstead in the wardrobe. This shaft is provided with ratchets g g, that are engaged and operated by pawlsu on the sides of the wardrobe, aboutthe center of shaft fiasindicated by letter .9. The

conformation is octagon or square, to allow a wrench to be applied for thepurpose of regn lating the tension of the springs, which are attached at q q to the bedstead-frame. By rest ing in vertical slots at in plate n, the shaft, and with it the bedstead, may be removed from the wardrobe any time the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet. I

t is the ventilator in the top of the wardrobe, which may be adjusted at various angles, and which I prefer to locate near the back of the wardrobe. The ventilator consists simply of a pivoted plate held in an opening.

m is the door to the chamber-pot receptacle, that by swinging down to a level with the bottom of said receptacle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, forms a level surface, on which the pot may he slid into its receptacle without danger of upsetting.

Springs p are provided with curved projections 0, that engage knob r on the shaft, and with extensions qq, that connect with the bedframe. By regulating the tension of these springs through the shaft and ratchet the weight of the bed may be so nearly balanced that but a small effort will be necessary to raise thesameintothewardrobe-casing. Tlieratchet u, besides regulating the tension of the springs, holds the shaft in position in slots n.

B B are sides, and O 0 doors, of the wardrobe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t-- 1. Shaft f, knobs 1' 7. spring op q, ratchets g, pawl u, and slotted plate a. in combination, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a wardrobe-bedstead, the frame a and shaft f, acting as a pivot for the entire frame, in combination with the pawl u, ratchet g. and slotted plate, constructed with an open end, so that the bedstead, as a whole, with the shaft, may be removed from the wardrobe, as herein set forth.

3. The combination, with frame a, shaft f, spring 0 q, ratchet g. and pawl u, of pillowrest 0 and stops it, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with frame a, shaftf, spring 0 q, ratchet g, and pawl u, of legs I) b and swinging braces t t, as and for the purpose set forth. I

5. The adjustable ventilator t, in combination with wardrobe-frame B O and bed a, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. Swinging door 112, in combination with the wardrobe-frame B G and bed a, as and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB RUEBSAMEN.

Witnesses:

HENRY MCGLELLAN, J.'H. DURFEE. 

